Recycling at work

Businesses play a critical role in recycling. In many cases, decreasing waste disposal costs by recycling can help reduce the bottom line. Offices are great places to capture items such as paper, newspapers, beverage containers, electronic equipment and batteries. Hospitality businesses, commercial stores and warehouses can generate a large amount of cardboard, plastic film and glass. Whether your business is considering front or back-of-house recycling, the first step is to analyze your waste stream and to see how much material you can divert from the landfill.

Keep America Beautiful's Recycle @ Work program is a great resource to help you increase recycling in the workplace. Recycling at Work is a voluntary national effort to increase recycling in the workplace. Please join the other businesses and organizations around the country that stepped up and took the pledge to increase workplace recycling. Recycling at Work offers you a 10-step action plan, discounts on recycling bins and other valuable tools to start and expand your workplace recycling program. Reduce your environmental impact. Make the commitment.

Another resource on creating a recycling program is the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Office Recycling Toolkit. Please click here for more information.